February 12, 2008
O-mentum
Posted by pete at February 12, 2008 6:03 PMTonight's events have made next month's Texas primary quite the hum-dinga:
Sen. Barack Obama easily won Democratic primaries in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday in a determined drive to erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead.
Republican front-runner John McCain also won in Virginia, Maryland and D.C., adding to his insurmountable lead in delegates for the GOP nomination.
Obama's triumphs made it eight straight over Clinton, the former first lady, now struggling in a race she once commanded.
His Virginia victory left him a scant 10 delegates short of his rival, with 132 left to allocate for the night.
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Clinton hopes to respond with victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4, states where both candidates have already begun television advertising.
Among other things...
"Ma'am."
Meanwhile, McCain looks to have the Republican nomination sewn up. Huckabee's sticking it out however. Does he perhaps have an ace in the hole?
Huckabee rejected claims that he has little chance of becoming the GOP's candidate because of McCain's significant lead in delegates. McCain leads Huckabee in delegates 709 to 163, by CBS News' count, with 1,191 needed for the nomination.
"I didn't major in math," Huckabee said the Conservative Political Action Conference meeting, according to the Associated Press. ``I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them.''
Not too lengthy a bibliography on that thesis, I'm guessing.
Note to self - Now that football season is over, relax this weekend by rewatching Blazing Saddles.